diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index e3d54b5..53b8516 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@
 
 	auto remaining_args = command_args.extractRemainingArgs();
 	if (remaining_args.any!(a => a.startsWith("-"))) {
-		logError("Unknown command line flags: %s", remaining_args.filter!(a => a.startsWith("-")).array.join(" "));
-		logError(`Type "dub %s -h" to get a list of all supported flags.`, cmd.name);
+		logError("Unknown command line flags: %s", remaining_args.filter!(a => a.startsWith("-")).array.join(" ").color(Mode.bold));
+		logInfo(`Type "%s" to get a list of all supported flags.`, text("dub ", cmd.name, " -h").color(Mode.bold));
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -803,12 +803,12 @@
 
 		if (filePath.empty) {
 			if (warn_missing_package) {
-				logInfo("");
-				logInfo("No package manifest (dub.json or dub.sdl) was found in");
-				logInfo(dub.rootPath.toNativeString());
-				logInfo("Please run DUB from the root directory of an existing package, or run");
-				logInfo("\"dub init --help\" to get information on creating a new package.");
-				logInfo("");
+				logInfoNoTag("");
+				logInfoNoTag("No package manifest (dub.json or dub.sdl) was found in");
+				logInfoNoTag(dub.rootPath.toNativeString());
+				logInfoNoTag("Please run DUB from the root directory of an existing package, or run");
+				logInfoNoTag("\"%s\" to get information on creating a new package.", "dub init --help".color(Mode.bold));
+				logInfoNoTag("");
 			}
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@
 		logInfoNoTag("Packages present in the system and known to dub:");
 		foreach (p; dub.packageManager.getPackageIterator()) {
 			if ((pname == "" || pname == p.name) && pvlim.matches(p.version_))
-				logInfo("  %s %s: %s", p.name.color(Mode.bold), p.version_, p.path.toNativeString());
+				logInfoNoTag("  %s %s: %s", p.name.color(Mode.bold), p.version_, p.path.toNativeString());
 		}
 		logInfo("");
 		return 0;
@@ -2159,11 +2159,14 @@
 			.map!(m => m.name.length + m.version_.length)
 			.reduce!max + " ()".length;
 		justify += (~justify & 3) + 1; // round to next multiple of 4
+		int colorDifference = cast(int)"a".color(Mode.bold).length - 1;
+		justify += colorDifference;
 		foreach (desc, matches; res)
 		{
 			logInfoNoTag("==== %s ====", desc);
 			foreach (m; matches)
-				logInfoNoTag("  %s%s", leftJustify(m.name ~ " (" ~ m.version_ ~ ")", justify), m.description);
+				logInfoNoTag("  %s%s", leftJustify(m.name.color(Mode.bold)
+					~ " (" ~ m.version_ ~ ")", justify), m.description);
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2264,10 +2267,10 @@
 		void printList(in PackageOverride[] overrides, string caption)
 		{
 			if (overrides.length == 0) return;
-			logInfo("# %s", caption);
+			logInfoNoTag("# %s", caption);
 			foreach (ovr; overrides)
 				ovr.target.match!(
-					t => logInfo("%s %s => %s", ovr.package_, ovr.version_, t));
+					t => logInfoNoTag("%s %s => %s", ovr.package_.color(Mode.bold), ovr.version_, t));
 		}
 		printList(dub.packageManager.getOverrides(PlacementLocation.user), "User wide overrides");
 		printList(dub.packageManager.getOverrides(PlacementLocation.system), "System wide overrides");
@@ -2376,11 +2379,11 @@
 			gensettings.runCallback = check(m_programStatusCode, m_programRegex);
 			try dub.generateProject("build", gensettings);
 			catch (DustmiteMismatchException) {
-				logInfo("Dustmite test doesn't match.");
+				logInfoNoTag("Dustmite test doesn't match.");
 				return 3;
 			}
 			catch (DustmiteMatchException) {
-				logInfo("Dustmite test matches.");
+				logInfoNoTag("Dustmite test matches.");
 				return 0;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -2445,7 +2448,7 @@
 				if (pack.name in visited) continue;
 				visited[pack.name] = true;
 				auto dst_path = path ~ pack.name;
-				logInfo("Copy package '%s' to destination folder...", pack.name);
+				logInfo("Prepare", Color.light_blue, "Copy package %s to destination folder...", pack.name.color(Mode.bold));
 				copyFolderRec(pack.path, dst_path);
 
 				// adjust all path based dependencies
@@ -2455,7 +2458,7 @@
 				pack.storeInfo(dst_path);
 			}
 
-			logInfo("Executing dustmite...");
+			logInfo("Starting", Color.light_green, "Executing dustmite...");
 			auto testcmd = appender!string();
 			testcmd.formattedWrite("%s dustmite --test-package=%s --build=%s --config=%s",
 				thisExePath, prj.name, this.baseSettings.buildType, this.baseSettings.config);
diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index 723c56a..375caf6 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 	 */
 	this(string remote, string ref_)
 	{
-		enforce(remote.startsWith("git+"), "Unsupported repository type");
+		enforce(remote.startsWith("git+"), "Unsupported repository type (supports: git+URL)");
 
 		m_remote = remote["git+".length .. $];
 		m_kind = Kind.git;
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
 	deprecated("Use the constructor accepting a second parameter named `ref_`")
 	this(string remote)
 	{
-		enforce(remote.startsWith("git+"), "Unsupported repository type");
+		enforce(remote.startsWith("git+"), "Unsupported repository type (supports: git+URL)");
 
 		m_remote = remote["git+".length .. $];
 		m_kind = Kind.git;
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 2057b3e..59e4b36 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.array : array, replace;
-import std.conv : to;
+import std.conv : text, to;
+import std.encoding : sanitize;
 import std.exception : enforce;
 import std.file;
 import std.process : environment;
 import std.range : assumeSorted, empty;
 import std.string;
-import std.encoding : sanitize;
 
 // Set output path and options for coverage reports
 version (DigitalMars) version (D_Coverage)
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@
 					basename.color(Mode.bold), sver, ver);
 				any = true;
 			}
-			if (any) logInfo("Use \"dub upgrade\" to perform those changes");
+			if (any) logInfo("Use \"%s\" to perform those changes", "dub upgrade".color(Mode.bold));
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
 		auto tool_pack = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(tool, ">=0.0.0");
 		if (!tool_pack) tool_pack = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(tool, "~master");
 		if (!tool_pack) {
-			logInfo("%s is not present, getting and storing it user wide", tool);
+			logInfo("Hint", Color.light_blue, "%s is not present, getting and storing it user wide", tool);
 			tool_pack = fetch(tool, Dependency.any, defaultPlacementLocation, FetchOptions.none);
 		}
 
@@ -769,8 +769,9 @@
 		Package existing = m_packageManager.getPackage(packageId, ver, placement);
 		if (options & FetchOptions.printOnly) {
 			if (existing && existing.version_ != Version(ver))
-				logInfo("A new version for %s is available (%s -> %s). Run \"dub upgrade %s\" to switch.",
-					packageId, existing.version_, ver, packageId);
+				logInfo("A new version for %s is available (%s -> %s). Run \"%s\" to switch.",
+					packageId.color(Mode.bold), existing.version_, ver,
+					text("dub upgrade ", packageId).color(Mode.bold));
 			return null;
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/build.d b/source/dub/generators/build.d
index 09ef0fa..cd07742 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/build.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/build.d
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 		in BuildSettings buildsettings)
 	{
 		if (buildsettings.preRunCommands.length) {
-			logInfo("Running pre-run commands...");
+			logInfo("Pre-run", Color.light_green, "Running commands...");
 			runBuildCommands(CommandType.preRun, buildsettings.preRunCommands, pack, proj, settings, buildsettings);
 		}
 	}
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
 		in BuildSettings buildsettings)
 	{
 		if (buildsettings.postRunCommands.length) {
-			logInfo("Running post-run commands...");
+			logInfo("Post-run", Color.light_green, "Running commands...");
 			runBuildCommands(CommandType.postRun, buildsettings.postRunCommands, pack, proj, settings, buildsettings);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/generator.d b/source/dub/generators/generator.d
index ba14278..3519cce 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/generator.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/generator.d
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@
 				}
 			}
 			if (tt != TargetType.none && tt != TargetType.sourceLibrary && ti.buildSettings.sourceFiles.empty) {
-				logWarn(`Configuration '%s' of package %s contains no source files. Please add {"targetType": "none"} to its package description to avoid building it.`,
-						ti.config, ti.pack.name);
+				logWarn(`Configuration [%s] of package %s contains no source files. Please add %s to its package description to avoid building it.`,
+						ti.config.color(Color.blue), ti.pack.name.color(Mode.bold), `{"targetType": "none"}`.color(Mode.bold));
 				tt = TargetType.none;
 			}
 			return tt;
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index bf588bb..eee524a 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -417,16 +417,17 @@
 
 		// search for orphan sub configurations
 		void warnSubConfig(string pack, string config) {
-			logWarn("The sub configuration directive \"%s\" -> \"%s\" "
+			logWarn("The sub configuration directive \"%s\" -> [%s] "
 				~ "references a package that is not specified as a dependency "
-				~ "and will have no effect.", pack, config);
+				~ "and will have no effect.", pack.color(Mode.bold), config.color(Color.blue));
 		}
+
 		void checkSubConfig(string pack, string config) {
 			auto p = getDependency(pack, true);
 			if (p && !p.configurations.canFind(config)) {
-				logWarn("The sub configuration directive \"%s\" -> \"%s\" "
+				logWarn("The sub configuration directive \"%s\" -> [%s] "
 					~ "references a configuration that does not exist.",
-					pack, config);
+					pack.color(Mode.bold), config.color(Color.red));
 			}
 		}
 		auto globalbs = m_rootPackage.getBuildSettings();
@@ -454,8 +455,8 @@
 				if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename)) {
 					auto selver = m_selections.getSelectedVersion(basename);
 					if (d.spec.merge(selver) == Dependency.invalid) {
-						logWarn("Selected package %s %s does not match the dependency specification %s in package %s. Need to \"dub upgrade\"?",
-							basename, selver, d.spec, pack.name);
+						logWarn("Selected package %s %s does not match the dependency specification %s in package %s. Need to \"%s\"?",
+							basename.color(Mode.bold), selver, d.spec, pack.name.color(Mode.bold), "dub upgrade".color(Mode.bold));
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/test/expected-issue1037-output b/test/expected-issue1037-output
index 9cbae84..2f19647 100644
--- a/test/expected-issue1037-output
+++ b/test/expected-issue1037-output
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-       Error Unresolvable dependencies to package gitcompatibledubpackage:
+Error Unresolvable dependencies to package gitcompatibledubpackage:
   b @DIR/b depends on gitcompatibledubpackage ~>1.0.2
   issue1037-better-dependency-messages ~master depends on gitcompatibledubpackage 1.0.1
diff --git a/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh
index 414bfe2..2bb7e54 100755
--- a/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh
+++ b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 
 OUTPUT=`${DUB} build --root ${CURR_DIR}/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig 2>&1 || true`
 
+trap 'printf "%s" "Failing received output:\n$OUTPUT" | hexdump -C' ERR
+
 # make sure the proper errors occur in the output
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"bar\" -> \"baz\" references a package that is not specified as a dependency" > /dev/null
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"staticlib-simple\" -> \"foo\" references a configuration that does not exist" > /dev/null
-! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"sourcelib-simple\" -> \"library\" references a package that is not specified as a dependency" > /dev/null
-! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"sourcelib-simple\" -> \"library\" references a configuration that does not exist" > /dev/null
+echo "$OUTPUT" | fgrep -c 'sub configuration directive "bar" -> [baz] references a package that is not specified as a dependency' > /dev/null
+echo $OUTPUT | fgrep -c 'sub configuration directive "staticlib-simple" -> [foo] references a configuration that does not exist' > /dev/null
+! echo $OUTPUT | fgrep -c 'sub configuration directive "sourcelib-simple" -> [library] references a package that is not specified as a dependency' > /dev/null
+! echo $OUTPUT | fgrep -c 'sub configuration directive "sourcelib-simple" -> [library] references a configuration that does not exist' > /dev/null
 
 # make sure no bogs warnings are issued for packages with no sub configuration directives
 OUTPUT=`${DUB} build --root ${CURR_DIR}/1-exec-simple 2>&1`
-! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive.*references" > /dev/null
+! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c 'sub configuration directive.*references' > /dev/null